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165887

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Flexible Working: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) women and (b) men in (i) Scotland and (ii) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who have made a statutory application to request flexible working.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	215848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The latest Work-life Balance Employee Survey which is available on .gov.uk shows that in 2011, 28% of women employees and 17% of male employees in Great Britain, and 17% of employees in Scotland had made a request to change their working arrangements in the last two years. The Survey does not provide the statistics for men and women at the level of Scotland, or at the level of the Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.</p><p> </p><p>The survey defines working arrangements as the amount of hours worked, when these hours are worked, and where (e.g. at home).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 02/12/2014 17:23:42 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

165891

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Low Pay: Kilmarnock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) men and (ii) women in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who earn less than the living wage.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	215864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 28/11/2014 11:40:45 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 215864 ONS 425.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Living Wage
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

166076

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Older Workers: Kilmarnock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in employment who are (a) 50 to 59, (b) 60 to 69 and (c) over 70.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	215975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 27/11/2014 13:50:34 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 215975 ONS 428.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Employment
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

165924

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Broadband: Kilmarnock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with ministers of the Scottish government how faster progress can be made on making broadband available to rural communities in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	215946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Superfast broadband has already been made available to over 110,000 premises in Scotland and we are working closely with the Scottish Government and suppliers to maintain the pace of delivery which has increased to an average across the whole of the UK to 40,000 premises a week.</p><p>The roll-out in Scotland is on schedule to deliver superfast broadband to 70% coverage to some of the most remote and challenging locations in the Highlands &amp; Islands and 95% to the Rest of Scotland by the end of 2017.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 215844 question first answered 02/12/2014 11:11:14 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

165935

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Broadband: Kilmarnock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of households in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency are covered by (a) mobile telephone signal and (b) broadband.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	215863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Mobile and broadband data is available for East Ayrshire local authority, but not at a constituency level.</p><p>According to the most recent figures from Ofcom in 2013 in East Ayrshire, 89.0% of premises could get a 2G signal from three mobile operators and 99.9% from at least one of them, and 8.2% of premises could get a 3G signal from all four mobile operators and 74.3% from at least one of them - <a href="http://d2a9983j4okwzn.cloudfront.net/downloads/ofcom-uk-mobile-coverage-data-2013.csv" target="_blank">http://d2a9983j4okwzn.cloudfront.net/downloads/ofcom-uk-mobile-coverage-data-2013.csv</a></p><p>Ofcom’s Communications Market Report 2014 states that current generation broadband is available to close to 100% of UK premises and Next Generation Access (NGA) broadband is available to 78% of premises in the UK and to 64% of premises in Scotland. Ofcom reported that NGA broadband availability in East Ayrshire in spring 2013 was about 37.2% - <a href="http://d2a9983j4okwzn.cloudfront.net/downloads/ofcom-uk-broadband-speed-data-2013.csv" target="_blank">http://d2a9983j4okwzn.cloudfront.net/downloads/ofcom-uk-broadband-speed-data-2013.csv</a></p><p>Ofcom will be publishing its annual UK Infrastructure Report shortly which will include more recent data on levels of mobile and broadband coverage.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/12/2014 10:49:01 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

165936

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Broadband: Kilmarnock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with the Scottish Government steps to increase progress on the roll out of superfast broadband in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	215844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Superfast broadband has already been made available to over 110,000 premises in Scotland and we are working closely with the Scottish Government and suppliers to maintain the pace of delivery which has increased to an average across the whole of the UK to 40,000 premises a week.</p><p>The roll-out in Scotland is on schedule to deliver superfast broadband to 70% coverage to some of the most remote and challenging locations in the Highlands &amp; Islands and 95% to the Rest of Scotland by the end of 2017.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 215946 question first answered 02/12/2014 11:11:14 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

165937

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Battle of Waterloo
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on plans to hold events in Scotland to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	215842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Waterloo 200 Ltd are the umbrella organisation supported by the Government to oversee the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. There are a number of events taking place in Scotland. These so far include Waterloo related Regimental exhibitions at the National Army Museum in Edinburgh and at the Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen, a Black Watch Regimental Muster in Aberfeldy, a commemorative event at the Waterloo Monumnet at Penielhuegh and a Royal Scots Dragoon Guards march down the Royal Mile in Edinburgh followed by a service of Commemoration in Canongate.</p><p>In addition to this, the Heritage Lottery fund has awarded a grant to a project in Kilmarnock focusing on the Battle of Waterloo and the life of local Kilmarnock man, Charles Ewart and his capture of Napoleon's standard.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/12/2014 11:13:11 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

165997

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Thalidomide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on financial support for victims of thalidomide.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	215976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Departmental officials have regular, ongoing discussions with colleagues in the devolved administrations on the issue of Thalidomide. Following a meeting with the Thalidomide Trust on 23 June 2014, I wrote to Manuela Schwesig, Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, on behalf of all four UK Governments, asking if she would meet with the Trust.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 02/12/2014 16:05:01 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

166023

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees have settled in Scotland in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	215847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Unfortunately it is not possible to answer the Honourable Member’s question as we do no hold this information. Once an individual has been granted refugee status they are no longer subject to reporting requirements and there is no <br>requirement for them to inform the Home Office of their current place of residence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/12/2014 12:54:23 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

166024

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Scottish Refugee Council
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last met the Scottish Refugee Council; and when the next meeting is planned.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	215845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of <br>these meetings are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are subsequently published on the Gov.uk website: <br><br><a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/12/2014 12:54:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson